Midwest Information Office

Midwest Economy - Consumer Prices

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the U.S., Midwest, and selected metropolitan areas
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Area

(Links provide news releases)		 Back
data		 Annual
average
2007		 Sep
2008		 Oct
2008		 Percent change
Annual
average
2006 to
2007		 12 months
ended
Sep
2008		 Oct
2008

U.S. City Average
Jump to page with historical data
 207.342 218.783 216.573 2.8 4.9 3.7

Midwest region (1)

Jump to page with historical data
 198.123 209.252 206.019 2.7 4.8 3.3

Midwest City Size Class (population)

A (over 1.5 million)
Jump to page with historical data
 199.717 210.283 207.049 2.6 4.5 3.0

B/C (50,000-1.5 million) (2)

Jump to page with historical data
 126.458 133.982 131.946 2.7 5.1 3.6

D (less than 50,000)
Jump to page with historical data
 193.177 205.522 202.086 2.9 5.1 3.6

Metropolitan areas

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI
Jump to page with historical data
 204.818 215.465 213.363 3.3 4.4 3.2

Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN (3)

Jump to page with historical data
 193.892

2.8

Cleveland-Akron, OH (4)

Jump to page with historical data
 195.970 206.219 2.5 4.7

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI (4)

Jump to page with historical data
 200.129 205.238 1.8 1.7

Milwaukee-Racine, WI (3)

Jump to page with historical data
 194.102

2.2

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI (3)

Jump to page with historical data
 201.247

2.6

Footnotes
(1) The Midwest region includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) Published only as semi-annual (6-month) average.
(4) Published in alternate months.

SOURCE: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.
Return to Midwest Economic Summary menu

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Consumer Price Index